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Suspects were subject to enhanced interrogation techniques. that has all been repudiated during the obama administration. president trump never fully turning his back on torture techniques, and that will be the problem for haspel during the hearing. if she is asked would you engage in this again, everyone is going to want to know what her answer is. right now, it is not permitted. if president trump were to reinstitute it, would she just follow orders, so to speak? would that be a credible defen...

Before her confirmation hearing, that is set for wednesday morning. it comes a few days after sources tell cnn that haspel went to the white house and offered to withdraw her nomination. barbara starr is at the pentagon with more. this was already going to be a tight one, but clearly there is some backup plan in the works now. >> reporter: indeed, poppy. you know, think of it as plan b if you will, looking at other candidates that they might put forward if haspel falters on wednesday at her conf...

Is in the way of releasing the senate report. why would it be important to actually get that report out now? >> well, i think president obama had it just right. he said that in discussing this week, his support for the release of the document. he said it was important to know where we had been. and its important to serve as a guide to where were going and he got it right on both counts. >> when you look at these tensions between the cia and congress and theyre playing out so publicly. i want to ...

Week, his support for the release of the document. he said it was important to know where we had been. and its important to serve as a guide to where were going and he got it right on both counts. >> when you look at these tensions between the cia and congress and theyre playing out so publicly. i want to ask you, does it have anything to do in your view with the fact we have never really had a reckoning for those torture practices? >> thats exactly right. the nation hasnt really yet come to gri...

Well, i mean first of all its beyond insensitive, inhumane and indefensible. what hes really saying is john mccain doesnt matter, and its not true. especially this week ironically, i mean the whole debate we were having with the cia confirmation was about torture. and reason weve changed our torture practices in the united states is because of john mccain. the interesting thing from the podium today, you know when you get caught saying something and someone says where did you hear that, theyre m...

White house that we have realtime leaking of this volume, its actually unheard of for the white house. >> the latest on the white house intrigue and how it gets exposed almost as its happening. one year and counting, the special counsel on the job since last may. how did his investigation entangle members of the presidents inner circle and eventually a porn star? plus, up for a vote. she never exposed her torture practices. will that prompt her to leave the spy agency? all of that up next on...

Mccain doesnt matter, and its not true. especially this week ironically, i mean the whole debate we were having with the cia confirmation was about torture. and reason weve changed our torture practices in the united states is because of john mccain. the interesting thing from the podium today, you know when you get caught saying something and someone says where did you hear that, theyre more concerned about who said it. >> i just want to play -- i think its important. lets play his daughter on ...

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